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Update - 1/14/10: As per usual, I have no idea where I'm going with any of my fics. if you have any requests or suggestions, say so. Lmfao. ;w; also, for Learning to Laugh. I'd like to mention that it's going to focus mainly on Joshua and Neku's relationship, so it may get really angsty. I'm not sure, but I'm probably going to take it in a find-yourself depression in the future. 3: 3: and for Unless It Trembled With the Strings (which is the last line in one of Edgar Allan Poe's poems, in case you're wondering)... it is written with two objectives in mind, really. Only one matters, though, and that is... Stan and Kyle are meant to be. Meaning, in this fic... I want to show that even if they've never met each other, they would just click and have so much in common. They're just drawn together. And that's the direction I want to go with that fic. So, with that in mind, please read, enjoy yourself, and maybe drop a review!

QUOTES:
-- Evolution - life's a niche, and then you die.
-- "The physiology exam was a piece of cake -- which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was expecting some questions on a sheet of paper."
-- If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead already?
-- If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression.
-- I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here.
-- I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
-- I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
-- I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don't like?
-- Instant gratification takes too long.
-- Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked "Brightness," but it doesn't work.
-- Just when you realize life's a bitch, it has puppies.
-- The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
-- Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
-- I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
-- I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
-- I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
-- Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
-- All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening.
-- There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
-- When someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles to frown about it but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and punch the crap out of them.
-- Scientists say that 1 out of every 4 people are crazy... so go check 3 of your friends, if it's not them... Congrats!
-- Ever notice how DYING is at the end of STUDYING?
-- Don't piss me off today, I'm running out of places to hide to bodies.
-- I'm not antisocial, I just don't like you.
-- I ran into my ex the other day, then I put the car in reverse and ran over him again.
-- Life isn't about the number of breaths we take, but the moments that take our breath away. Like choking.
-- I lay at my bed last night, counting the stars, and I thought to myself: Where the fuck did my ceiling go?!
-- Finals equals academic suicide
-- Well, the voices and I took a vote. It's unanimous; you suck.
-- I hear voices... They said they don't like you.
-- I'm sleeping...Please IM me quietly.
-- Looking at the mirror. Enjoying the view. Be back later :D
-- The walls told me not to talk to you.
-- Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
-- Leave a message, and I'll IM you back later. Leave a SEXY message and I'll IM you back sooner.
-- I'm not available right now so please leave your name, number, and address and I will Stalk you later.
-- You! Out of the gene pool--NOW!
-- Nostalgia? Revenge is a form of Nostalgia right?
-- Due to circumstances within my control, tomorrow will be cancelled.
-- Due to recent cutbacks and until further notice, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.
-- The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
-- Get your mind out of the gutter - it's blocking my view.
-- In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world.
-- If you can't say anything nice, then at least have the decency to be vague.
-- Just Friends phrase - I don't just want you to mourn the loss; I want to remind you of it every day. I want you to suffer. I want you to envy. I want you to die slowly, a bit at a time. And I want you to smile and thank me for it.
-- Depression. n. - Anger without enthusiasm.
-- The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
-- Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what is wrong with it.
-- I am currently occupied, give me a couple minutes to get frustrated and then I'll get back to you.
-- I'm drunk...I'm armed...I'm off my meds. You had better make your message really, really sweet.
-- Hi, I'm probably here, I'm just avoiding someone I don't want to talk to. Leave a message and if I don't IM you back, well, what can I say?
-- Nothing cures insomnia like the realization that it is time to get up.
-- That which does not kill me had better run pretty damn fast.
-- Money can't buy happiness, but poverty can't buy ANYTHING.
-- There are plenty more fish in the sea, but who wants to go out with a fish?

Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off NOW.
If practice makes perfect and nobody is perfect….why practice?
I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.
I pretend to work here, they pretend to pay me.
My mom never saw the irony in calling me a ‘Son of a Bitch’
Someday we’ll look back on this, laugh nervously, and change the subject.
The secret to success is finding someone to blame for your failures.
Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.
Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level and then beat you with experience.
Never buy a car you can’t push.
Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him.
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
No life is totally wasted, one can always be a bad example.
No one dies a virgin, life screws them all.
One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.
Only dead fish go with the flow.
People in cars cause accidents. Accidents in cars cause people.
Please, Lord, let me prove that winning the lottery won't spoil me.
Remember: Don't Insult the Alligator till after you cross the river.
Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
IRS: We've got what it takes to take what you've got.
42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.
Borrow money from a pessimist - they don't expect it back.
Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.
If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people get married more than once.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished!
Don't look back, they might be gaining on you.
Be nice to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.